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A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened…
A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union believers have with God and Christ, and the glorious privileges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nigh.A comment upon Christ's last prayer in the seventeenth of John wherein is opened the union beleevers have with God and Christ, and the glorious priviledges thereof ... / by that faithful and known servant of Christ, Mr. Thomas Hooker ... ; printed from the authors own papers written with his own hand, and attested to be such in an epistle by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Lord Jesus having fitted the Soul for himself, and united the Soul to himself, and made the Soul acceptable to the Father in his Blood. He sends the spirit of Adoption into the hearts of his, sets their hearts for God, ⟨p. 140⟩and holds the bent of their hearts towards him. This is the gracious look of the Father. The faithful, the spiritual being of Sonship, 1. Fasten to God in Christ, as the fountain of life, 2. Leave their hearts there, and abide, to be wholly acted by the influence and assistance of his Spirit, 3. And to hold up the excellency thereof; not I, but Christ, by the power of his might. Mark that to be acted by the influence of the spirit, not by a principle of Grace in our selves.
The Lord Jesus having fitted the Soul for himself, and united the Soul to himself, and made the Soul acceptable to the Father in his Blood. He sends the spirit of Adoption into the hearts of his, sets their hearts for God, ⟨p. 140⟩and holds the bent of their he•rts towards him. This is the gracious look of the Father. The faithful, the spiritual being of Sonship, 1. Fasten to God in Christ, as the fountain of life, 2. Leave their hearts there, and abide, to be wholly acted by the influence and assistance of his Spirit, 3. And to hold up the excellency thereof; not I, but Christ, by the power of his might. Mark that to be acted by the influence of the spirit, not by a principle of Grace in our selves.
This is the Oneness, to be carried beyond the covenant of works, and the work of Grace, or any principle thereof in our selves: but to cling about God in Christ, that he may act all in us and by us, and we hold out him in all our works.
This is the Oneness, to be carried beyond the covenant of works, and the work of Grace, or any principle thereof in our selves: but to cling about God in Christ, that he may act al in us and by us, and we hold out him in al our works.